Asian American Showcase Film Festival

Schedule:

6:00pm - Aapi Shorts: Chicago!
7 Shorts From Emerging To Well Established Filmmakers From Chicago Exhibit The Rising Wave Of The Aapi Film Scene In The Windy City.

Whitewash
Arrangements
Champion
The Bridge
Befriending
The Story Of A Stranded Frog
All The Ways To Say I Love You

8:00pm - The Queen Of My Dreams
In 1999, The Sudden Death Of Her Father Hassan Sends Queer Muslim Grad Student Azra Flying Back To Her Ancestral Home In Pakistan, Where Her Stern Mother Mariam Demands She Play The Role Of The Perfect Grieving Daughter. But Through Flashbacks To Mariam's Own Life In Karachi 30 Years Before, We See The Connections Uniting Mother And Daughter, Starting With Their Shared Love Of The Bollywood Star Sharmila Tagore.

Directed and Written By Fawzia Mirza

Ticket Information

General Admission: $13

Students: $8

Youth (under 17): $8

Gene Siskel Film Center Members: $6.50

Current students and faculty of the School of the Art Institute, and staff of the Art Institute: $5